Irish dancing groups and traditional bands are being lured to American hate rallies by neo-Nazi groups, Sue has learnt. One victim was Peter Haworth, whose trad band, Molly’s Revenge, was hired to play at a rally in California.

“We were contacted by someone wanting us to play at Eurofest in Sacramento,” Haworth explained. “It became clear that this was not what we thought it was, and was actually a neo-Nazi event.”

Haworth added: “We probably should have just gotten the hell out of there at that point, but our sound system was all set up and we had a contract with them.”